Princess lilian of sweden biography book
Princess lilian of sweden biography book
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BERTIL, PRINCESS LILIAN, DUCHESS OF HALLAND (1915-2013)
Name: Lilian Bertil
Date of birth: 1915
Date of death: 2013
Gender: Female
Area of activity: Royalty and Society
Author: Brynley Francis Roberts
Princess Lilian, wife of Prince Bertil of Sweden, was born Lillian May Davies, in her grandparents' home 3 Garden Street, Swansea on 30 August 1915, a month or two after her parents' marriage.
Her father was William John Davies (1893-1956) and her mother was Gladys Mary (Curran) (c.1895-1942), daughter of William Curran, labourer at the fuel works, and his wife, Jane. W. J. Davies served in the Swansea battalion of the Welch regiment in World War I and he and his wife separated in the 1920s and divorced in 1939.
Gladys was the eldest of the four children at Garden Street in 1911. Lillian's father remarried in 1941 and he and his wife had two daughters.
Lillian had a variety of jobs after leaving school aged 14, as a general servant, shop assistant and laundry worker,